12 Most Ridiculous Biopic Castings Of All Time

7. Benedict Cumberbatch - Julian Assange (The Fifth Estate)

Hollywood wasted no time at all turning the WikiLeaks scandal into a flashy thriller, and of course, rising star Benedict Cumberbatch was quickly hired to play the company's founder Julian Assange.

To Cumberbatch's credit, his accent is pretty damn spot-on here, but the main problem - aside from the film being a totally uninteresting slog - is how he never manages to slink beneath the make-up and fully convince as Assange.

It's a textbook example of taking a highly visible, recognisable actor, slapping some make-up on them and being done with it. It's hard not to look at his Assange and just see Cumberbatch's distinctive features with dyed hair and eyebrows.

While not as embarrassing as many other entries on this list, the actor probably should've taken Assange's advice when he asked him to reconsider playing the part.